Good news I think, once the creases have been ironed out maybe, just maybe, we can develop it so it goes some way to replacing the three million different vehicles we have all doing very similar things

This has good export potential as well, on the face of it, a world beater

Good news I think, once the creases have been ironed out maybe, just maybe, we can develop it so it goes some way to replacing the three million different vehicles we have all doing very similar things

This has good export potential as well, on the face of it, a world beater

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In terms of current ops, I would see variants of FOXHOUND replacing:
- Snatch
- WMIK
- Jackal
- Coyote
- Husky (possibly, assuming it can manage the same payload)

Longer term, I could see it replacing some of the 'B' vehicle fleet - enough perhaps to sustain 1 or 2 Bdes. I think it's becoming clear that OUVS doesn't have the cash to replace every Defender, Wolf, Pinz, RB-44 in the Army with something with a credible level of protection and mobility, and that being the case, my opinion is that we should have enough of these sort of things to equip a likley deployment and buy ourselves a load of Ford F-250 for use in the UK or benign environments.

Edited to add: Amongst others, the Aussies are seriously interested, and as soon as JLTV falls on its arse, I would see this being a very strong contender for their competition.

In terms of current ops, I would see variants of FOXHOUND replacing:
- Snatch
- WMIK
- Jackal
- Coyote
- Husky (possibly, assuming it can manage the same payload)

Longer term, I could see it replacing some of the 'B' vehicle fleet - enough perhaps to sustain 1 or 2 Bdes. I think it's becoming clear that OUVS doesn't have the cash to replace every Defender, Wolf, Pinz, RB-44 in the Army with something with a credible level of protection and mobility, and that being the case, my opinion is that we should have enough of these sort of things to equip a likley deployment and buy ourselves a load of Ford F-250 for use in the UK or benign environments.

Edited to add: Amongst others, the Aussies are seriously interested, and as soon as JLTV falls on its arse, I would see this being a very strong contender for their competition.